THE CAPITAL: Mamie's Week

When the parade finally passed and the
cheers faded away, the new President took his lady by the arm and
walked, beaming, up the portico steps and into the White House. For
gnarled old John Mays, the doorman who bowed them in, it was an old
story: Mamie Eisenhower was the ninth First Lady he had served. For
Mamie it was the start of the most exacting, exciting job in a busy
career.

There wasn't time that first night for Mamie to unpack or even to look
around her new home. There wasn't even time for a family dinner....